On the evening of Friday, November 1, 2019, 35-year-old Aderito Barbosa of Dorchester was shot and killed in Roslindale. Police responded just after 10:30 p.m. to reports of a shooting near 35 Paine Street and found Barbosa suffering apparent gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The shooting came amid an uptick in violence in that area: it was the second fatal incident in the Roslindale neighborhood within two days. Boston’s Police Commissioner and the Suffolk County District Attorney were both at the scene, and investigators said they were examining whether the two nearby fatal shootings were connected, without announcing a definitive link.

In the days after the slaying, police identified Barbosa as the victim but did not announce any arrests or name suspects, and detectives asked the public for information to aid the homicide investigation. If anyone has information about what happened to Aderito Barbosa, please come forward to assist investigators.